Steel Dynamics Inc [STLD] stock is trading at $179.83, up 4.67%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The STLD shares have gain 5.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 3.01%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Steel Dynamics Inc [NASDAQ: STLD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 09, 2026, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $194 for it. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on November 04, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $165. On August 14, 2025, Wells Fargo initiated with a Overweight rating and assigned a price target of $143 on the stock. BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $145 on March 31, 2025. UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy but $149 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 24, 2025. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on March 07, 2025, and upped its price target to $158. In a note dated February 27, 2025, Wolfe Research upgraded an Peer Perform rating on this stock.
Steel Dynamics Inc [STLD] stock has fluctuated between $103.17 and $178.36 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $179.67 within the next 12 months. Steel Dynamics Inc [NASDAQ: STLD] shares were valued at $179.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -0.09% based on the average STLD price forecast.
Analyzing the STLD fundamentals
Steel Dynamics Inc [NASDAQ:STLD] reported sales of 17.63B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 11.21%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.13% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.42.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Steel Dynamics Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.11. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.47, while the Cash Ratio is 0.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.49, the price to book ratio is 2.92 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.86.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Alvarez Miguel, Senior Vice President, that happened on Oct 29 ’25 when 8251.0 shares were sold. Officer, MIGUEL ALVAREZ completed a deal on Oct 29 ’25 to buy 8251.0 shares. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President Graham Christopher A sold 12000.0 shares on Jul 30 ’25.
